Health

During an emergency drill at MIT Medical, Nurse Amy Chilton, left, and Internist Brian Ash attempt to “resuscitate” a life-size dummy that, in this mock scenario, has suffered cardiac arrest in Ash’s examination room. Triage Nurse Lynn Forgues, rear, acts as “recorder,” taking notes of times and activities, such as drugs administered and changes in heart rhythm.

Ready to respond

Regular drills prepare MIT Medical staffers to deal with emergencies.

February 7, 2013

Graphic with words "Medicine" and "Technology"

MIT students create new medical devices

Precision machine design class links doctors with students to find ways of meeting pressing medical needs for new technology.

January 30, 2013

A safer way to vaccinate

Polymer film that gradually releases DNA coding for viral proteins could offer a better alternative to traditional vaccines.

January 27, 2013

The gene that causes Huntington's disease does most of its damage in the basal ganglia, shown in pink. The basal ganglia are responsible for many functions, including voluntary motor control and habit formation.

Possible role for Huntington’s gene discovered

Mutant forms of the gene disrupt chemical modifications that control access to genes necessary for normal brain cell function.

January 16, 2013

Protect yourself against flu

MIT Medical provides flu shots, information on how to stay healthy.

January 10, 2013

$The fraction of present-day atmospheric mercury deposition in Europe from European anthropogenic sources, based on the GEOS-Chem global chemical transport model.$

Researchers reveal strategies for mercury reduction in time for negotiations

MIT, Harvard professors map future trends, reveal ways to reduce mercury levels on eve of final international meeting for mercury control.

January 9, 2013

The first stage of blood clotting is the formation of a plug, seen here, which is made up of platelets (seen in gold) and structures called von Willebrand Factor (vWF), seen in red. The vWF structures are normally present in blood in coiled up form, but in the presence of the flow from a bleeding wound they unfurl to form long, sticky strands, which bind the platelets together.

How to stop leaks — the way blood does

Harnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.

January 8, 2013

This image shows multiple microfluidic sites in a single system that can be used to conduct many experiments simultaneously.

Tiny tools help advance medical discoveries

MIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale.

January 8, 2013

MIT Professor of Economics Jonathan Gruber specializes in health-care issues.

The health-insurance markets of the (very near) future

Policymakers must address ‘tension’ between competition and ease of use.

January 2, 2013

Professor Roger Kamm, left, and PhD candidate Ioannis Zervantonakis

Professor Roger Kamm visualizes sneaky tumor cells with 3-D assay

Kamm is studying the mechanics of metastasis, the process of cancer-cell migration from one location in the body to another and the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths.

December 26, 2012